Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself
Imagine you meet someone new. Be it on a dating app or social media, you chance across each other online...
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The Race to Build Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense System Is On
While the US military has spent lavishly on missile defense over the past few decades, it has “little to show”...
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You’re Not Ready | WIRED
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How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists
Hundreds of emails and internal documents reviewed by WIRED reveal top lobbyists and representatives of America’s agricultural industry led a...
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A Hacker May Have Deepfaked Trump’s Chief of Staff in a Phishing Campaign
For years, a mysterious figure who goes by the handle Stern led the Trickbot ransomware gang and evaded identification—even as...
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Cops in Germany Claim They’ve ID’d the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin
Several cybersecurity researchers who have tracked Trickbot extensively tell WIRED they were unaware of the announcement. An anonymous account on...
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A Swedish MMA Tournament Spotlights the Trump Administration’s Handling of Far-Right Terrorism
The 2024 Swedish tournament mirrors similar extreme right-wing martial arts tournaments hosted elsewhere in Europe for years. It also indicates...
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The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and...
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The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search
From your email to your web browsing, it’s highly likely that your daily online life is dominated by a small...
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A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations
How do I deal with having to have a new account for every service and website? Should I be using...
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The US Is Building a One-Stop Shop for Buying Your Data
This week, WIRED launched our Rogues issue—which included going a bit rough ourselves. WIRED senior correspondent Andy Greenberg flew to...
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Feds Charge 16 Russians Allegedly Tied to Botnets Used in Ransomware, Cyberattacks, and Spying
The hacker ecosystem in Russia, more than perhaps anywhere else in the world, has long blurred the lines between cybercrime,...
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